I wrote an op-ed piece that I sent out to the local papers. Check it out here. My favorite paragraph is #3 — I could write a dissertation on my feelings about the corruption of the political system, from the local level on up. But as the saying goes, democracy is the worst form of [...]
There’s now a nice, shiny, new book donation drop-off bin right outside RedPost’s production facility here in Goshen. Donations go to BetterWorld Books, a for-profit social enterprise with proceeds going to local, national and international literacy efforts all over the world. Check it out:
Although I won’t be joining my family this year (I was there last year), my grandparents have once again traveled to McAllen, Texas, joined by various aunts, uncles and cousins, to build houses with Proyecto Azteca. The local news picked up on the story, check out the TV coverage and this article:
Like modern-day heroes the [...]
There’s a big campaign going on right now to “Move Your Money” from the huge national banks to local/regional banks, the logic being that the big guys caused the financial crisis and, if we take our money out off their balance sheets, they’ll be forced to change their ways. You’ll also, on average, get better [...]
As you’re probably aware, there was a major earthquake in Haiti. I was in the country for a couple days back in 2005, and walked around the square in front of the Presidential Palace (the triangular green area the top of the photo, photo from GeoEye):
So for me, one of the most shocking images, at [...]
This summer, RedPost developed a Ruby on Rails website for Downtown Goshen. We just went live last week — you can check it out here. A good start, but like all Rails apps, lots of room to grow!
Some of the features of the website:
lists detailed information on over 14 events held in downtown Goshen, with [...]
Installed today in Downtown Goshen is our first outdoor RedPost-driven digital sign. It’s a 32″ Jensen Marine display in a custom-built wood kiosk, built by Dave Pottinger, pictured here. The computer’s located inside the neighboring building and delivers a VGA signal to the LCD. Oh, we’ll also be turning the kiosk so the LCD isn’t [...]
All of this:
Used to be in here:
We’re doing a trial run with ADEC, a local non-profit who’s mission is “Enhancing the lives of people with disabilities.” ADEC disassembles the electronics at their facility in Elkhart; they recently received a grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to do so. After the trial run, we’ll see if we [...]
RedPost was in front of the local Board of Zoning Appeals this past Tuesday afternoon for a variance request to do our light assembly work in the building we’ve been doing it in for the past almost 2 years. From the Goshen News:
Following the church variance vote, board members heard a variance request from RedPost [...]
I’m sitting at the airport on my way back from Texas to the great white north. So I figured I’d get a blog post in. The following is an op-ed piece I submitted to the local papers as well as some larger nationals. It’s based on this blog post. While the Washington Post refused it [...]